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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, 1012.
PAGE TWOT
THE HARTFORD HERALD
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THE MESSAGE OF
WOOORQW
WILSON
To the American People
En Masse.
VEfiY EARNESLJOHELY TALK
Tells in Simple Language
Why He Wants to Be
Our President.
no self-seeking ambition
Sea Girt. X. J.. Oct. 19. 1912.
To the Voters of America:
I am glad to have an opportunity
to stat.. very simply and directly
why I am teeklng to he elected
President of the United States. I
feel ery deeply that this is not an
ambition a man should entertain
for his own sake. He must seek to
serve a cause, and must know very
clearly what cause it is he is seek
ing to serve.
The cause I am enlisted in lies
ery plain to my own view: ine. Their object is to cut every special
Goernment of the United States,, favor out, and cut it out just as
as now bound by the policies which j fast as it can be cut without upset
have become characteristic of Re-1 ting tbc business processes of the
nub'lcan administration in recentj country. Xeither does either of the
year3, is not free to serve the whole
people impartially, and it ougnt to
te set free. It ha3 been tiea up,
whether deliberately or merely by
unintentional development, with
particular Interests, which nave trusts are so constructed as to in
ustd th'Jr pow.-r, both to control sure high prices, because they are,
thf Government and to control the! not based upon efficiency but upon
.nuufctrlal development of the coun-rraonopoly. Their success Hps In
tr. It must be freed from such
tntar-sileinnts and alliances. Lntil ,
It :h f red, it cannot serve the peo-'
pie as a
whole. Until it Is freed, it .
rannot unuert. Ke any programme
of social and economic betterment, j
but must be checked and thwarted
at evfry turn uy us pairuus nuu
masters.
In practically every speech that I
make, I put at the front of what I
have to say the question of the tar
iff and the question oi tne trusts,
but not because of any thought of
party strategy, b;ause I ' believe
the solution of these questions to
lie at the very heart of the bigger
question, whether the Government
shall be free or not. The Govern
ment is not free because it has
granted special favors to particular
classes by means of the tariff. The
men to whom these special favors
have been granted have formed
great combinations by which to
control enterprise and determine
the prices of commodities. They
could not have done this had It not
been for the tariff. No party, there
fore, which does not propose to
take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely in the
markets of the country, sees even so
much as the most elementary part
of the method by which the Gov
ernment Is to be set free.
The control to which tariff legis
lation has ted, both In the Held of
politics and In the field of business,
Is what has produced the most od
ious feature of our present politi
cal situation, namely, the absolute
domination of powerful bosses.
Bosses cannot exist without busi
ness alliances. With them politics
is hardly distinguishable from bus
iness. Bosses maintain their con
trol because they are allied with
men who wish their assistance in
order to get contracts, in order to
obtain special legislative advan
tages, In order to prevent reforms
which will interfere with monopoly
or with their enjoyment of special
exemptions. Merely ns political
leaders not backed by money, not
supported by securely Intrenched
special interests, bosses would be
entirely manageable and compara
tively powerless. By freeing the
government, therefore, we at the
same time break the power of tho
boss. He trades, he does not gov
ern. He arranges, he does not lead.
Ho sets tho stage for what the peo
ple are to do; ho does not act as
their agent or servant, but as their
director. For him tho real busi
ness of politics Is done under cover.
The same means that will set the
Government free from the Influ
ences which now constantly control
It, would set Industry free. The en
terprlse and Initiative of all Amer
icans would bo substituted for tho
enterprise and initiative of a small
group of them. Economic democ
racy would take tho place of mo
nopoly and selfish management.
American Industry would have a
new buoyancy of hope, a new ener
gy, a now variety. With the restor
ation of freedom would come the
restoration of opportunity.
Moreover, an administration
would at last be set up in" Washing
ton, and a legislative regime, under
which real programmes , of' social
betterment could be undertaken as
they cannot now. Tho Government
might be serviceable for many
things. It might assist in a hun
dred ways to safeguard the lives
and the health and promote the
comfort and the happiness of the
people; but it can do these things
only it its actions be disinterested,
only if they respond to public opin
ion, only if those who lead govern
ment see the country aa a whole,
feel a thrill of intimate sympathy
with every clasa and every interest
in it, know how to hold an even
hand and listen to men of every
sort and quality and origin, in tak
ing counsel what is to be done. In
terest must not fight against inter
est. There must be a common un
dertaking and n free action all to
gether. The reason that I feel justified in
appealing to the voters of this coun.
try to support the Democratic par
ty at this critical Juncture In its
affairs is that the leaders of neith
er of the other parties propose to
attack the problem of a free gov
ernment at its heart. Xeither pro
poses to make a fundamental
change in the policy of the govern
ment with regard to tariff duties. It
Is with both of them In respect of
the tariff merely a question of more
or less, merely a question of lop
ping off a little here and amending
n little there; while with the Demo
crats it is a question of principle.
other parties propose seriously to
disturb the supremacy of the trusts
Their only remedy is to accept the
trusts and regulate them, notwith
standing the fact that most of the
control
The competition of more
competitors, not loaded
efficient
down by
the debts created when
the combinations were made, would
emoarrass anu conquer mem. i:ie
Trusts want the protection of the
Government, and are likely to get
It If either the Republican or the
so-called "Progressive" pany pre
vails. Surely this is a raus". Surely
the questions of the pending flec
tion, looked at from this point of
view, rise into a cau35. Tliey ate
not merely the debates of a casual
party contest. They aro toe issues
of life and death to a nation which
must be free In order to Do strong.
What will patriotic me.-, do?
WOODROW WILSON.
J. W. Copeland, or Dayton, Ohio,
purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for his boy who had
a cold, and before the bottle was all
used, the boy's cold was gone. Is
hat not better than to paya five
dollar doctor's bill? For sale by all
dealers. adv.
AND THE CAT CAME BACK
COULDN'T STAY LONGER
Pittsburg, Penn., Oct. 24. That
cats come back, according to the
saying, Robert Robinson, an engin
eer on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
railroad, can affirm to-day.
For some time there has been a
cat in the Rcbinson household
classed as undesirable. When Rob
inson's wife insisted that the feline
be done away with, the engineer
"bagged" the cat and prepared to
take it with him on a trip. When
Robinson left on his run last night
he took the cat. As he was passing
over a stream about CO miles from
this city he hurled the Imprisoned
pussy Into the water.
When the bagged cat fell into the
water the string on the bag broke
and the cat came ashore, making
Its w'ay to a railroad switchman's
shanty near-by, and he put the way
farer In an empty coal car in a
freight train, which brought it into
McKee's Rocks.
When Robinson arrived home
this morning from his run ha foiinti
the cat under the stove and hlsivlfe
sarcastic.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that Is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
Inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or Imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Dcafc.ss is
the result, and unless tho Inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube
restored to Iti normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an Inflamed con
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured byHall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo.O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stlpatlon. adv,
!a great saving
was
PROPOSED
By Democrats; Rejected
by Republicans.
RECORD OFUCT CONGRESS
Many Avenues of Savings for
People Closed By
Taft's Vetoes.
A BIHEF SUMMARY OF MATTER
Washington, Oct. 2C. If the
American people wish to give credit
to whom credit Is due, they OLght
to support the Democratic candi
dates for Congress, and thus place
their stamp of approval on the rec
ord of the House of Representa
tives. Since January 1, 1912, a Demo
cratic House has passed tariff bills,
which would have reduced tbe high
cost of living J650.000.00o a year.
Every bill which in the slightest
degree provided relief for the Government economically admlnls
masses was vetoed by the President. tered, is a crime. The people have
The Farmers' Free List bill, pass
ed by the House, would have saved
the people $390,000,000 annually
This bill removed the duty from
agricultural Implements, of which
$96,000,000 worth were exported
and only $165,000 worth were Im
ported during tbe last fiscal year;
sowing machines, fence wire, bag
ging and cotton ties, lumDer, laths,
shingles, meats, flour, salt, leather,
blioes, etc.
Under our tariff law a barrel of
flour valued at $4 abroad IB taxed
25 per cent, ad valorem at our
ports, or $1 on the barrel. This
bill removed the entire tax.
Beef valued at 53.30 per 100
pounds abroad pays a tariff tax
equivalent to 23. S8 per cent., or
$1.50 per 100 pounds. This bill
proposed to remove thl8 entlrc tax.
The Democratic wool bill propos
ed to reduce the average rate of
duty on wool manufactures from
90.10 per cent, to 48.36 per cent.
President Taft's veto of this meas
ure means that the American peo
ple will pay $50,000,000 more for
their clothes this year than they
would have if President Taft had
signed It.
A wool hat valued at $1 abroad
and taxed 7S cents upon its entry
into the United States, under the
present tariff law, would have been
taxed only 49 cents.
Flannel underwear valued at $27
per dozen suits Ir taxed under the
present law at the equivalent ad
valorem rate of about 106 per cent,
The Democratic bill proposed to re
duce this to 49 per cent. A suit of
ready-made woolen clothing worth
In -Europe $10 Is taxed under the
present law at the equivalent ad
valorem rate of 75 per cent., or
$7.50. The Democratic bill propos
ed to reduce this tax from 75 to 49
per cent, and save the consumer
$2.60 per suit.
This cotton bill reduced the du
ties on cotton manufactures from
48.12 per cent, to 27.06 per cent., a
reduction of the tariff burdens un
der this schedule from not less
than $200,000,000 to about $112,
000,000 for a year, or a saving
of about $88,000,000 for a twelve
month period.
Men's cotton hnlf-hose valued at
eighty cents per dozen pairs whole
sale are taxed under the present
law at the equivalent ad valorem
rate of about 92 per cent. The
Democratic cotton bill proposed to
reduce this to 40 per cent.
It proposed to reduce the tax on
cotton thread from an equivalent
rate of 34 per cent, to 15 per cent.
A suit of ready-made cotton cloth
ing valued at the foreign -port at
$6 Is taxed under our present law
30 per cent, ad valorem, or $3 a
suit. This Democratic bill propos
ed to reduce this tax to 30 per cent,
and gave the consumer $1.20 per
suit.
The bill placing sugar on the free
list wourd have saved during a year
not less than $115,000,000 to the
consumer. Th0 tariff tax on sugar
amounts to about 1 cents per
pound. The amount of sugar con
sumed In continental United States
In 1911 was about 7,663,000,000
pounds, and the application of 1
cents per pound to this consump
tion affords tho estimate of $115,
000,000 as representing the saving
to th0 people.
Tho House passed n bill provid
ing for an excise tax on Income
thereby transferring a consJdefIe
portion of tho tax burdepo tho
wealthy, which are ej"Plng their
proper proportion
The Excise T bill passed by the
House provides forthe extension of
tho CorpratiorpTax lawso as to In
cludolndivlduals, firms and co-
partnerships. It accomplishes the
very desirable purpose of transfer
ring; tax burdens from those less
able to carry them to the shoulders
-of .Vie wealthy, who have hereto
fore escaped from a proper share of
taxation for the support of the Gov
ernment. '
The present burden of Indirect
taxation falls upon people having
Incomes of less than $2,000 per
year. A man whose net earnings
amount to but $5,000 . per year
would under this bill pay no tax.
A man earning $10,000 per year
would pay nothing on the first' $5,
000 and $50 per year n the sec
ond $5,000.
PROSPERITY WOULD BE
.MORE UNDER LESS TAX
President Taft says that the
Democratic policy as to the tariff
will put an end to prosperity, shut
down the mills and factories and
produce a panic worse than that of
1907. But this prophet of evil is
joined to his Idol of a high protec
tive tariff, which he claims Is the
cause of the country's great pros
perity, whereas, as a matter of fact
It is in spite of it. Prosperity is
due to record-breaking crops and
other natural causes. To tax the
people for the benefit of the trust
and not to pay the expenses of the
stood It as long as possible and
have determined to punish those
responsible for It by electing a
Democratic President and a Demo
cratic Congress.
COL.
ROOSEVELT'S .MISTAKE
RECALLS AN INCIDENT
Mr. Roosevelt's ludicrous mistake
as to the demand for his nomina
tion reminds one of the physician
who visited an aged lady patient
while he was under the influence of
liquor. He examined her tongue
and then felt her pulse. Scarcely
had he touched her pulse when he
exclaimed, "Madam, you are intox
icated!" "I never tasted liquor in
my life," she indignantly replied.
"You are Intoxicated," the doctor
Insisted, "your pulse shows It."
Doctor, she rejoined. "If you will ,
ineiFaio you win nnd that you I
are feeling your own pulse."
Mr. Roosevelt has been feeling '
his own pulse and, of course, he
found a demand for his nomination
a throbbing demand.
If you have vnnnir chltHrnn vnn
have perhaps noticed that disorders
of the stomach are their most com
mon ailment. To correct this you
will find Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets excellent. They
are easy and pleasant to take, and
mild and gentle in effect. For sale
by all dealers. adv.
CONSTRUCTS FIRST SILO
FOR HANCOCK COUNTY
The first silo ever constructed In
Hancock county was that of S. P.
Emmlck, near Lewlsport, which was
completed a short time ago and fill
ed Tuesday. The silo has a con
crete floor, and Is 12 by 26 feet In
size, holding as it does 55 tons, of
the green corn product off of eight
acres. The silo proper is built or
Michigan pine and has steel doors.
The object of the silo Is to store
away green corn and other green
products for winter use of the cow
and other stock on the farm. It
Is said to be the greatest milk and
butter scheme ever devised, and its
introduction stamps Mr. Emmick
as the leader in modern thought
farming of the county. Hancock
Clarion.
In severe cases of sorclungs, you
need an Internal and external rem
edy. Duylng the dollar size BAL
LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP, you
get two remedies for the price of
one. With every dollar bottle there
is a free HERRICK'S RED PEP
PER POROUS PLASTER for the
chest. Sold by Hartford Drug Co.,
Hartford, Ky., Donovan & Co., Bea
ver Dam, Ky. 44t2
Feelings.
A few days ago Maud, who was a
little jealous of Ethel, said:
"When you broke your engage
ment with Jack, of course you re
turned the diamond ring he gave
you?"
Ethel answerpd promptly;
"No, and I don't Intend to, eith
er. I don't care for Jack any more,
but my feelings have not chapsCd
toward tho ring." yr
Good For Blllltisness.
"I took twQof Chamberlain's
Stomach npr Liver Tablets last
night, niwf I feel fifty per cent, bet-
ter"a'n I have for weeks," says J.
v; Firestone, of Allegan, Mich.
"They are certainly a fine- article
for 'biliousness." For sale by all
rfcalors. Samples free. adv.
Eleyen counties were represented
at a meeting held at Lexington in
the Interest of the movement to, cut
out;,,the Burley.. tobacco crop In
AN OPEN LEITER
TO THEJEACHERS
Of Western Kentucky on
Important Subject,
AFFECTING UTTLE CHILDREN
Who Are Not So Fortunately
Situated as Their
Own Charges.
A VERY WORTHY INSTITUTION
Dear Teachers: You have in
the past -made commendable efforts
to plant and cultivate in the hearts
of your young charges the princi
ples f unselfish philanthropy by
contributing of their savings to the
relief of friendless and dependent
children.
A day has been set apart each
year In the schools and the contri
butions thus obtained have hereto
fore been sent to- the Kentucky
Children's Home Society at Louis
ville.
I beg to remind you that we
have now the West Ky. Orphans
Home, located at Hopkinsville, and
under the management of men and
women whom we know and In
whom we have the utmost confi
dence.
The West Ky. Home is a charity
In thq full and true sense of the
term, and is yet wholly dependent
upon contributions made to it.
It has during the year accom
plished a work almost equal tot
and at an expense of Vss than ton
per cent, of the amount raid any
other similar Institution in the
State.
It does not encumber and hinder
Its work by "red tape."
In Its methods a radical depart
ure has been made from the cus
tom of others, In that delicate and
even sickly children are not sub-
jected to a medlcal examination by
whlcn they are excluded, but are
received Into the Home, given med-
Ica, treatment. wholesome food and
tenderly and patiently nursed back
to health .nd visor. Snm snionril.i
rP!I11i,B hnv , .h, htninwi
The West Ky. Home Is undenia
bly doing a full share, if not all the
work that is being done in this end
of the State, and we feel that we
nre Justly entitled to the co-operation
of the teachers in making men
and women worthy of the name of
all our girls and boys, and appeal
to them to aid us In turning to the
relief of our dependent children, a
part at least of the waste of the
childhood of our country. In order
to do this
FRIDAY, NOV. 22ND,
has been suggested as the day for
a collection In the schools for the
West Ky. Home. A picture of the
home will be mailed to any teacher
who will write, for it.
Now, dear teachers, if you will
put yourselves Into this, thus giving
it life and interest, other schools
will follow you and tho success you
will attain will bring a sweet re
ward to both you and the children
nnd will bear rich blessings to gen
erations yet unborn.
Yours very respectfully,
W. D. HUMPHREY.
Hopkinsvile, Ky., 8-20-12
REAL CAUSE OF THE
man cost of living
The Republicans and the Bull
Moosers try to make th0 peopl0 be
lieve that tller0 Is no connection
between the excessive tariff and the
high cost of living. Moody's Mag
azine, an authority on economics,
prints a table to show that In ten
years prices .Increased 7.7 per cent.
In Europe, while in America the av
erage was 34.3 per cent, with the
prices on som0 articles Increased
over 100 per cent. The tariff and
the trusts are chiefly responsible
for the high cost of living. Votei
for Wilson, Marshall and tho Dem
ocratic nominees for Congress with
assuranco of a reduction of the one
and the subjection of the others to
the laws of the lnd, Instead of be
ing a law unto themselves.
Fortunes In Faces.
There's often much truth In tho
saying "her face Is her fortune,"
but It's never said where, pimples,
Vrt eruptions, blotchos. or other
Dismisnea disfigure It. Impure
blood is back of them all, and
Bhows the need of Dr. King's Now
Llfo Pills. They promote health
nnd beauty. Try thorn. 25 cents
at James H. Williams. a,dv.
i
Child rn Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOWIA
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SBbrcribeforTbeBiirtford Herald.
Sore Lung-s and a wry
Hacking Cough can bo
relieved "by using
Ballard's
Horehound
Syrup
t.- ffrt In the lungs Ul
soothing and Healing, very
gratifying to those who aro
racked by a painful cough. Re
lieves tlshtnoes, loosens
phlegm, clears the voice of
hoarseness and aulets all Irrl
nfi conditions, so that tho
AIM ,-- "...
sleep I no longer disturbed at
night.
Price S5e BOa nnd 1.00.
n ih $1.00 slxe. It con
tains flvo times as much as the
k. iie. and you icet with each
hottlo n. Dr. Herrlck's lied Pep
per Porous Plaster for tne cnesi.
JtmetF.Balltrd.Prop. St,Lout,Mo.
Stephen! Eye Stive Is Jjeallnf
oimmcni ir wv, -
LOAMORccopntwniB?l
Iluittuid Diug Co., llaitrord, Ky.
Donomn & Co., Beaver Dam, Ky.
SSf
Low
Fares !
On tlie 1st and 3rd Tuesdays
of each month the fares are
txlra low and allow itop
overs free and 25 days time
via Cotton Belt Route to
Arkansas
& Texas
The Cotton Belt Route is the
dtrtcl line from Memphis to
Texas, through Arkansas
two splendid trains daily, with
through sleepers, chair cars and
parlor-cafe cars. Trains from
all parts of the Southeast make
direct connection at Memphis
with Cotton Belt Routetralns
to the Soutlmest.
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Sir
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Write to mo today
I villi tell you exact fare
from your town, sched
ule, and send you splen
did Illustrated books of
farm facts about Arkan
sas and Texas.
L. C. BARRY,
Tnr,!if PuHattf Aitrf
J I odd Building
Loui.TllIe, Kr.
AH y,u Touri.t
Ticket alto on
) Dallr to err.
UlnpolntilnTax.
SOUys limit.
BUY THE BEST
M. II. KENDRICK'S
QUILLAI BARK SOAPS AND
CLEANING COMPOUND
Now 10 cents formerly 23 cento.
These are the original, genuine
"KENDRICK PRODUCTS" which
have sold for 2Ec for 28 years:
QUILLAI BARK TOILET SOAP
an Ideal complexion Soap
Kciidrlck'h Foot and Hnth Soap
soothing and cooling
Elcctilc Clennlng Compound Soap
removes oil, tar, grease, pitch
or paint from silks, carpets
t nnd woolens without injury to
the fabrics
Electric ClennlnK Compound
for carpets, furniture, &c.
Ten Cents a Cnkc.
Awarded First Prize Medal over
all competitors at Tho Southern
Exposition, Louisville. Ky.. 1884
- Has
nnAt. n t.i . ..
wc.. u iirize winnop" nui. ...
since.
Diploma, "Hlgheset Award for
Excellency" nt Ohio Valley Exposi
tion, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1010. -
SOLD EVERYWHERE or by
mail postago paid. 10c a Cake.
AGENTS WANTED
Exclusive Territory. Make Three
- -.-.-.i.. ( v,v. ?T
uollars a .lay by using your
spare time. Write
for Terms.
M. B. KENDRICK & CO.
N Newport, Ky.
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